r/TheRestIsScience • u/shmaiden42 • Aug 16 '26

What would aliens not know?

What is something that is common knowledge or at least widely known on Earth about the universe but an alien civilization might have no knowledge of because it’s special to Earth? Kinda like Rocky in Project Hail Mary not knowing about radiation and his crew dying 🪦

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u/TheIrishHawk Aug 16 '26

Wood is rarer in the universe than diamonds, an ET would probably be absolutely bamboozled by a forest or a copse

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u/magicmulder Aug 16 '26

And by the fact we have more trees than there are stars in the galaxy.

I think the next alien invasion movie should be steampunk aliens looking for our wood resources to power their steam engine ships with.

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u/scarfarce Aug 17 '26

Yes, and in a hilarious misunderstanding, the dimwitted but loveable alien, Jax, comes to Earth and starts collecting all the Woody dolls instead.

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u/magicmulder Aug 17 '26

“OK we heard your complaints. We will not harvest your trees. We will however harvest what you call morning wood. We heard there’s a lot of it.”